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PBM practices drive up costs for Rx drugs
24 February 2019 - As the only pharmacist currently serving in Congress, I was encouraged to read Dr. Scott Atlas’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2019
Drug makers blame middlemen for high prices but still make huge profits
5 February 2019 - With drug prices climbing far faster than inflation, the cost of prescription medicine has become a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2019
Drug middlemen got big markup in New York, pharmacists say
25 January 2019 - CVS, Express Scripts, OptumRx dominate PBM market in the U.S. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2019
CVS, Walmart reach an agreement on a pharmacy contract after impasse
18 January 2019 - CVS Health and Walmart said the world's largest retailer would remain part of CVS's network for commercial ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2019
Department update: implementation of the improved payment administration arrangements
2 January 2019 - A communique describing key achievements for 2018, and important next steps for 2019 is now available on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2018
Pharmacists may soon be able to tell you the cheapest way to get prescriptions
26 September 2018 - Some pharmacists blocked by PBMs from revealing lower prices. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2018
Senate unanimously passes bill banning pharmacy 'gag clauses' in Medicare
5 September 2018 - The Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would ban Medicare insurers from enforcing “gag clauses” ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2018
Pharma interactions educate and improve health outcomes
31 August 2018 - Medicines Australia is pleased to announce the release of the fifth biannual innovative medicines industry’s transfer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2018
PBMs are hogging our drug discounts
28 August 2018 - The Trump administration has aimed a dagger at the heart of high pharmacy bills: the go-betweens ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
Drug middlemen push back that rebates are to blame for high drug prices
15 August 2018 - Drug middlemen are pushing back on the Trump administration’s effort to end drug rebates, which the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
Express Scripts staking out million dollar gene therapies
16 August 2018 - Express Scripts built a multi-billion enterprise pressuring drug companies to lower their prices for U.S. patients. Now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2018
Trump plan to give private Medicare leverage over drug costs would boost PBMs and biosimilars
8 August 2018 - In its latest effort to attack high drug costs, the Trump administration wants to allow privately ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2018
Amid drug price scrutiny, CVS says its PBM retains just 2% of rebates
8 August 2018 - In a move to increase drug price transparency, CVS Health said its retained share of rebates ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2018
Trump’s drug price push butts into two megadeals
20 July 2018 - A proposal seemingly targeting the middlemen of the process may alter the math on more than $100 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2018
Biopharmaceutical industry takes bold new policy position on how payments should work in US supply chain
16 July 2018 - Advocating for reforms that prevent pharmacy benefit managers and other entities in supply chain from being paid ...